Abraham Lincoln : a history : the full and authorized record of his private life and public career . lag. Instead of this there camewhat seemed a ceaseless succession of mortifying re-ports—the Baltimore massacre, the assassination ofEllsworth, the slaughter at Big Bethel, the ambus-cade at Vienna. In reality it was the humiliationand shame of continued defeat which touched thequick, rather than the extent of the enthusiasm was slowly changinginto morbid sensitiveness and a bitterness of im-patience which seemed almost beyond this there was an underlyin
Abraham Lincoln : a history : the full and authorized record of his private life and public career . lag. Instead of this there camewhat seemed a ceaseless succession of mortifying re-ports—the Baltimore massacre, the assassination ofEllsworth, the slaughter at Big Bethel, the ambus-cade at Vienna. In reality it was the humiliationand shame of continued defeat which touched thequick, rather than the extent of the enthusiasm was slowly changinginto morbid sensitiveness and a bitterness of im-patience which seemed almost beyond this there was an underlying motive, muchdeeper in basis, and stronger in force. The crisisand the war had giown out of the slavery quarrel;and Unionists of positive and radical temper wereunder firm conviction that the South had pushedthis quarrel to its extreme issues, because of thetemporizing, yielding spirit so frequently shownby the North. Despite all the signs of an irre-mediable rupture, there lurked in their hearts thepainful apprehension that some turn or trick ofpolitical legerdemain would even now compromise. MAJOR THEODORE WINTHKOP. THE ADVANCE 321 away the victory won at the ballot-box, and once ch. buy a hollow and treacherous peace at thecost of some fatal legal or constitutional concessionto slavery. Since the South had appealed to thesword, they felt that the sword alone should judgeand punish her. Prompted by all these different shades of feelingthere now arose throughout the North a demandfor military action and military success. Assumingthe undeniable preponderance of men and meansin the free States, public opinion also illogicallyassumed that they could be made immediately de-cisive. Under bold head-lines a leading newspaperkept The nations war cry, standing in its col-umns : Forward to Eichmond! Forward to Eich-mond! The rebel Congress must not be allowedto meet there on the 20th of July. By that date Tribute,the place must be held by the national army! isei. Though th
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